Nintendo Switch 2 launch game predictions – from Mario Kart to Smash Bros.
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With an official reveal just around the corner, what can be predicted about the launch line-up of games for the Nintendo Switch 2?. The Nintendo Switch 2 should be out at some point in 2025 but, like anything to do with Nintendo, there’s no guarantee that it actually will. It does look very likely though, with a barrage of recent leaks seeming to make it very clear what the console looks like.
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That still leaves some questions about when precisely the console will launch, and what that new mystery button does, but, for me, the most interesting question is what the Switch 2’s initial wave of games will be. Despite all the hardware leaks we know absolutely nothing for certain about any of the games. It’s a fact that increasingly seems to be forgotten, by Microsoft and Sony, but Nintendo will be well aware that it’s games that sell consoles, especially when customers have to consider potentially expensive new ones.
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Trying to predict Nintendo is always an exercise in futility, but I’m going to have a go at it anyway and guesstimate the sort of games we could see during the Switch 2’s launch period, combined with some pie in the sky wishful thinking, and the odd whisper of a rumour.
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Obviously, Nintendo will want one of its main franchises represented at launch. The question is which one. It’s far too soon for a mainline Legend Of Zelda, given Tears Of The Kingdom took six years to make and only came out in 2023, so does that mean a certain plumber will take the spotlight?.
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Mario has always been the traditional focus for Nintendo launch titles and the franchise is hotter than ever thanks to 2023’s animated movie. It’s also been over seven years since the last 3D platformer, Super Mario Odyssey, and you just know Nintendo has been plugging away at a new one ever since.
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